
The Marine Corps has awarded L3Harris [LHX] a $249 million contract to deliver 14,000 new night vision goggle systems, with plans to start fielding the devices to infantry units next spring. L3Harris’ system for the Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle (SBNVG) includes a binocular night vision device and updated clip-on thermal imager, and is designed to provide Marines with a lighter system with improved depth perception. “Awarding this SBNVG contract and fielding these systems to the warfighter is one more…